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Repetition in English Language is the repeating of a word, within a sentence in order to PROVIDE EMPHASIS. 'Repetition of words' could be classified into many groups based on the placement of the words in a sentence. Different terms have been devised to denote different kinds of repetitions. Some of these terms are asfollows: Adnominatio, Conduplicatio, Diacope, Epistrophe, Mesodiplosis,Palilogia, Polyptoton, Symploce, etc.

Not going into the details of these 'hard-to-pronounce' terms, Ihave covered only most popular patterns of 'Repetition of words' in this book.

Structure (1) ---- Word + and + Word

This pattern is generally used to show 'continuation or repetitionof an activity', or 'presence of many things or people of the samekind'.

1. -- She asked and asked about the money.2a. -- Stars, planets, and galaxies emerged and evolved billions and billions of years ago.2b. -- They have got billions and billions of dollars lying around in vaults.3. -- There has been campaign and campaign against us for a very long time.4. -- Wastage of water must be discouraged and discouraged.5. -- Workers dug and dug the road.6. -- We have eras and eras coming.7. -- He called after her, "Where are you going?" She went further and further.8a. -- His confidence grew and grew.8b. -- Once he started telling family about his challenge, the support just grew and grew.9a. -- 'How long did the match last?' 'Oh, hours and hours'9b. -- Oats are a complex carbohydrate which means they will fuel your body for hours and hours.10. -- Merit and merit alone can be criterion.11. -- The road went on for miles and miles.12. -- My travel plan was mired and mired in utter confusion.13. -- He has nurtured and nurtured his reputation as a master tactician.14. -- They played and played cards all night.

NOTE:(A). 'Again and again'[meaning -- many times]She was wiping her tears again and again.Many people do not repeat their mistakes again and again.

(B). 'By and by'[meaning -- after a short period; before long; soon | eventually]By and by you will make your deficiency.The hours just kept on going by and by.

(C). 'Half and half'[meaning -- in equal parts]We are lucky that it is an affordable rent, and sharing half and half helps.

(D). 'Less and less'[meaning -- continuing to become smaller]We are having less and less snow each year.Old people seem to sleep less and less actually.

(E). 'More and more'[meaning -- continuing to become larger in amount or number]You always ask for more and more.More and more girls are giving priority to their career.

(F). 'Neck and neck'[meaning -- level with somebody in competition]Democrats and Republicans were neck and neck on 50 seats.These two candidates are neck and neck in recent polls.

NOTE: Great Stress--Word + And + Word + And + Word1a. -- He just smacked him with a ruler again and again and again.1b. -- If at first you don't succeed, try again and again and again.2. -- Their pain and the anger grew and grew and grew.3. -- They are paying him millions and millions, and more millions.

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"English Daily Use" Titles By Manik Joshi:

01. How to Start a Sentence02. English Interrogative Sentences03. English Imperative Sentences04. Negative Forms in English05. Learn English Exclamations06. English Causative Sentences07. English Conditional Sentences08. Creating Long Sentences in English09. How to Use Numbers in Conversation10. Making Comparisons in English11. Examples of English Correlatives12. Interchange of Active and Passive Voice13. Repetition of Words14. Remarks in English Language15. Using Tenses in English16. English Grammar- Am, Is, Are, Was, Were17. English Grammar- Do, Does, Did18. English Grammar- Have, Has, Had19. English Grammar- Be and Have20. English Modal Auxiliary Verbs21. Direct and Indirect Speech22. Get- Popular English Verb23. Ending Sentences with Prepositions24. Popular Sentences in English25. Common English Sentences26. Daily Use English Sentences27. Speak English Sentences Everyday28. Popular English Idioms and Phrases29. Common English Phrases30. Daily English Important Notes

"English Word Power" Titles By Manik Joshi:

01. Dictionary of English Synonyms02. Dictionary of English Antonyms03. Homonyms, Homophones and Homographs04. Dictionary of English Capitonyms05. Dictionary of Prefixes and Suffixes06. Dictionary of Combining Forms07. Dictionary of Literary Words08. Dictionary of Old-fashioned Words09. Dictionary of Humorous Words10. Compound Words in English11. Dictionary of Informal Words12. Dictionary of Category Words13. Dictionary of One-word Substitution14. Hpernyms and Hyponyms15. Holonyms and Meronyms16. Oronym Words in English17. Dictionary of Root Words18. Dictionary of English Idioms19. Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs20. Dictionary of Difficult Words

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Manik Joshi was born on Jan 26, 1979 at Ranikhet and is permanent resident of Haldwani, Kumaon zone of India. He is an internet marketer by profession. He is interested in domaining (business of buying and selling domain names), web designing (creating websites), and various online jobs (including 'self book publishing'). He is science graduate with ZBC (zoology, botany, and chemistry) subjects. He is also an MBA (with specialization in marketing). He has done three diploma courses in computer too. ManikJoshi.com is the personal website of the author.